Riverboat Gamblers have unfortunately been robbed again. The last incident occured in October in Austin, Texas and happened yesterday in Montreal, Quebec.
The band had this to say:
Our van was broken into last night in Montreal… They broke our driver side window and stole Ian’s guitar and Fadi’s backpack with his passport The window was 500 bucks alone to fix…
The band is currently on the road with Against Me! and Fake Problems.
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The Number Twelve Looks Like You have announced a series of tour dates with HORSE the Band in April.
The Number 12 just finished up recording their full-length due out in June on Eyeball Records.
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Death Before Dishonor have announced that prior to the release of their Bridge Nine debut LP Count Me In on May 22nd, the band will release a limited edition 7″ and digital EP entitled Break Through It All. The EP will be released April 3rd and will feature the songs “Count Me In”, “Break Through It All” and the B-side cover of Cocksparrer’s “England Belongs To Me” with guest vocals from Blood For Blood’s Buddha.
The band will embark on a short tour with Casey Jones later this month.
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Off With Their Heads have dropped us a line letting us know “what’s up.” Well, what’s up is they are in the midst of a West Coast (US) tour and they have a few new songs up and some new releases on the horizon.
The tracks “Havenhurst” and “Fuck This, I’m Out” will be featured on splits with Blotto and Practice, respectively, on Snuffy Smiles records in Japan. The band is heading over to Japan this summer after the release of the two 7″‘s in May. “I Hate Myself and I Hope I Crash My Car Tonight,” the third track, will be on a split with The Dukes of Hillsborough from Tampa set to be released by ADD Records in April.
Also this May, the band will be on a 12″ four-way split with Drinkers Purgatory (LA), The Underground Railroad to Candyland (LA), and No People (Japan). This will be out on LA label Small Pool Records.
This flurry of activity follows their Recess-released Hospitals EP.
Oh, and click Read More to check out their West Coast tour plans, their East Coast tour plans and their Japan tour plans. Tour plans-a-plenty!
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Darkest Hour have set a title and approximate release date for their upcoming full length. The record, titled Deliver Us is the follow up to 2005’s Undoing Ruin and has the band once again working with the strapping young producer, Devin Townsend.
Guitarist Mike Schleibaum notes:
Working with Devin this time has been sick as hell. We have worked long hours on these songs and, honestly, our hands, legs and bodies haven’t hurt from playing so much since we can remember. We are truly stoked to present these songs on this record. It is some of our most complex, melodic, brutal, and aggressive songs to date. There’s some punk, metal, thrash, shred, prog, and even a little of Devin Townsend’s special sauce mixed in this metal gumbo
The band has also launched the first in a video series documenting the process.
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Ted Leo And The Pharmacists have a new e-card featuring two songs, live footage and more. The band is gearing up for the release of their Touch and Go debut. The record, titled Living With the Living, is due out March 20, 2007
Living With The Living, the follow up to 2004’s Shake The Sheets, was produced by Fugazi‘s Brendan Canty and is due in stores on March 20th. We posted the artwork and track listing earlier this month.
The card includes the album version of “Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.” and “The Sons of Cain” and you can check it out here.
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Set Your Goals have posted an update regarding the progress of their DVD:
Hey guys, first off, an update on the Work In Progress DVD that was rumored to come out this Spring of 2007. Due to use of copyrighted materials in the feature, Eulogy Recordings (by law) is unable to release the band produced project until we recieve clearance on each of the non-SYG songs we’ve used in the edit. We are currently working with several people on this matter, and hope to get this “Video Scrapbook of 2006” out to you guys by the end of the year.
In the meantime, the band has decided to produce a live DVD during the California week of shows on their upcoming tour with Anti-Flag. The band hopes to get this DVD out by their Warped Tour run (June 28 – July 15).
The band continues to tour in support of 2006’s Mutiny!.
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A number of dates have been announced for the upcoming tour featuring the Methadones and the Copyrights. The trip takes them through the sunny mid-west this May and over to the Northeast.
The Methadones will be supporting their recently released power pop cover album 21st Century Power Pop Riot, whereas The Copyrights will support their upcoming Red Scare debut Make Sound.
The Copys have been busy lately, between prepping their debut for Red Scare, Make Sound, signing on to the Single Series bandwagon and appearing on the upcoming Pop Punk’s Not Dead compilation. Anyone else remember when they were featured as an Mp3 of the Week here at Punknews.org last year?
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According to a recent article, it seems the four major broadcasters (Clear Channel Communications Inc., CBS Radio, Entercom Communications Corp. and Citadel Broadcasting Corp) have agreed to anti-payola settlements, which sources at the FCC state will total $12.5 million paid to the federal government, but of more interest, 8,400 half-hour segments of free airtime will be provided to independent labels and their artists, local musicians, and notably will not apply to any companies owned by the nation's four dominant music labels — Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and EMI Group.
Payola, a basic form of bribery in the broadcasting industry where cash or other "considerations" are given to radio stations or specifically DJ's in exchange for playing specific records, was made illegal in the late 1950's but can be very difficult to trace or prove. Often, the bribes come in the form of prizes originally intended for listeners, but instead stay with station employees. New regulations hope to curb that by requiring tighter records, including a database of prizes, be kept to ensure all money, prizes, etc. are properly accounted for.
Another aspect of the deal will be the creation of a "rules of engagement", to be negotiated by the broadcasters and independent labels. These will guide interactions between all music labels (independent and major) and radio stations, to ensure that dealings between parties are fair on all accounts, without further payola. Specific dates and time frames should be announced by the FCC once the settlement is finalized.
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Somehow, I think they'll still screw the indies….
Though it is not an end of their legal problems, Hawthorne Heights has won a portion of their current lawsuit against former label Victory Records.
There are a number of cases being fought, the first – brought by the band – contends that the band could leave the label due to promotional actions taken by Victory that damaged their reputation.
The label countersued, claiming that the band could not jump ship to sign to EMI, the second involves the label formed by Hawthorne Heights vocalist JT Woodruff and the third involves their new label, EMI.
In this situation, a judge ruled against Victory in a case which could affect the ongoing case with EMI as well. Victory had claimed that Hawthorne Heights were signed to the label and could not leave for EMI, but a judge ruled that Victory did not in fact hold exclusive rights for the band’s recording services. Simply put, it means the band can record for any label. The judge explained:
The agreement contains no exclusivity provision, nor does any of its language appear to prevent [the band] from recording elsewhere during the life of the agreement
In short, this means that the band is allowed to sign to EMI, and this case could potentially influence Victory’s case against EMI as well.
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The previews keep pumping out. Check out this one from Gaming Nexus. The level I played was a dusty desert location that looked uncomfortably hot. But the developers at Kaos Studios suggested that this was not how the entire game looked, instead gamers should expect a diverse group of…
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Joystiq has posted a hands-on article from Gamers’ Day. The game prides itself on options and customizations. The developers said that there would be 60 vehicle and weapon types; I quickly decided to hop in a tank instead of toil away on foot. 24 different character classes let players…
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After members of the band in NOFX return from Asia, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes will be heading to Europe for a series of dates in support of their latest release Love Their Country.
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